Generic Name: Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
Common or street names: Firstly, LSD is sold under more than 80 street names, including Acid, Blotter, acid, Doses, Dots, Trips, Mellow Yellow, Window Pane, as well as names that reflect the designs on sheets of blotter paper (for example, “purple dragon”).

What is LSD drug?

However, LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), which chemists first synthesized in 1938, is an extremely potent hallucinogen. Chemists synthesize it from lysergic acid, a compound found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains. Secondly, It is so potent its doses tend to be in the microgram (mcg) range. In addition, It’s effects, often called a “trip”, can be stimulating, pleasurable, and mind-altering or it can lead to an unpleasant, sometimes terrifying experience called a “bad trip.”

Thirdly, LSD is produced in crystalline form and then mixed with other inactive ingredients, or diluted as a liquid for production in ingestible forms. It is odorless, colorless and has a slightly bitter taste.

LSD is usually found on the streets in various forms, for example:

• blotter paper (LSD soaked onto sheets of absorbent paper with colorful designs; cut into small, individual dosage units) – the most common form
• thin squares of gelatin (commonly referred to as window panes)
• tablet form (usually small tablets known as Microdots) or capsules
• liquid on sugar cubes
• pure liquid form (maybe extremely potent)

In addition, Some people may snort LSD through the nose or inject it into a vein. Further, There is no way to predict the amount of LSD that is contained in any form consumed.

Other hallucinogens include:

• Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms, Shrooms)
• Mescaline (Peyote, Buttons, Cactus)
• Phencyclidine (PCP, Angel Dust)
• Ayahuasca (DMT)
• Salvia divinorum (salvia)

Effects of LSD Use

LSD is a mind-altering drug. It is thought LSD causes it’s characteristic hallucinogenic effects via interaction with the serotonin receptors in the brain. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps control your behavior and mood, governs your senses, and moderates your thoughts.

Moreover, The physical effects of LSD are unpredictable from person-to-person. Usually, the first effects of the drug when taken by mouth are felt 30 to 45 minutes after taking it, peak at 2 to 4 hours, and may last 12 hours or longer. However, Use by the intravenous (IV) route will produce a much quicker action, usually within 10 minutes. Effects include:

• hallucinations
• distorted visual perception of shapes, colors
• altered sounds
• anxiety and depression
• flashbacks (a return of the “trip” experience) days or months later
• rapid heart rate, increased body temperature and high blood pressure
• dilated pupils